Bonnaroo And Superfly Struggle With Success

The latest issue of Fast Company magazine profiles the young founders of the massively successful Bonnaroo Festival, Superfly Productions, and their struggles with maintaining and expanding the powerful brand that. Continue reading

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Concert Giant Live Nation’s 1stQ Earnings Report Shows Progress

Camille Acey reports on today’s earnings call by concert giant Live Nation in one of their first reportings since their spin-off from Clear Channel.  In this quietest season of the. Continue reading

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More Proof That Concert Business Is Up

(CelebrityAccess MediaWire) The North American concert business shows signs of emerging from its two-year slump in the first quarter of 2006, with nearly $375 million in grosses and 7.3 million. Continue reading

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Concert Ticket Sales Jump 22% in 1stQ 2006

Touring industry trade magazine Pollstar reports that concert ticket sales jumped dramatically in the first quarter of 2006. The magazine’s database of the more than 5,500  North American concerts reported. Continue reading

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Novel Tour Idea: A Month Or Two In Each City

We always enjoy seeing and sharing novel promotional ideas and this one posted on Danceblogga (via Coolfer) caught our eye. Prog dance music artist Lee Burridge is going to "…set. Continue reading

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Concert Industry In For Tough Summer. But Is Lack Of MegaTours Really The Problem?

We spend a lot of our days in the live touring world and an Amusement Business story has confirmed what we’ve been fearing"  this is probably going to be a. Continue reading

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Listen To Live Nation’s CEO Speak Out On State Of Concert Industry

A couple of weeks ago we got a lot of feedback on our reporting of a keynote we’d attended at Pollstar’s Concert Industry Consortium by Live Nation’s CEO Michael Rapino. . Continue reading

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Loken Leaves Label Land For Live Nation Marketing Post

Concert industry giant Live Nation (formerly Clear Channel) has been making noise about getting more creative and targeted with it’s live music marketing in this new age where old media. Continue reading

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Live Nation’s Rapino Speaks Out On Concert Industry Woes

The live music industry gathered recently in Las Vegas for trade magazine Pollstar’s annual Concert Industry Consortium.  Keynote speaker Michael Rapino, head of concert promotion giant Live Nation (formerly Clear. Continue reading

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Podbop Hooks You Up With New Bands On Tour

The just launched Podbop provides another great example of how the net can democratize music discovery .  Pop in your zip code and the site shows you bands coming to. Continue reading

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